Venezia - Ospedale SS. Giovanni e Paolo

Venice (ital. Venezia) is one of the most important tourist destinations worldwide with about 30 million visitors each year.

As each tourist takes at least 100 photos (minimum!) in Venice 3000000000 photos are taken here per year, what means more than 8 millions per day.

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Here is the entrance hall of the "Ospedale SS. Giovanni e Paolo", Venice´s largest hospital. The building. erected from about 1500 on, once was the "Scuola Grande di San Marco", home to one of the major sodalities of Venice.

Since 1819, when Venice was part of the Austrian-held Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, the building serves as a hospital. Much of the old interior splendor may have been lost, but this is still very elegant.